For this National Indigenous History Month virtual concert with the Ottawa Public Library, Mali is joined by two steadfast collaborators, Magdalena Abrego (guitar) and Allison Burik (woodwinds), who will perform intimate arrangements from Sweet Tooth in addition to new explorations of this sonic landscape.

A suite for Indigenous resistance, the debut album from Wabanaki bassist, composer, and songwriter Mali Obomsawin flies in the face of Western tropes that insist Indigenous cultures are monolithic, trapped in time. Sweet Tooth blends Wabanaki stories and songs passed down in Obomsawin’s own family with original compositions for a performance that is at once intimately personal and globally pertinent. Highlighting centuries of clever adaptation and resistance in her own community, Obomsawin points toward abundant horizons for Indigenous peoples.

Zoom link to be sent out via email from Eventbrite. 

Program is live and not recorded.

About

Mali Obomsawin is an award-winning multidisciplinary artist and a citizen of Odanak First Nation (W8banaki). She is a bassist, composer, and vocalist whose work spans from jazz and roots music to film scoring, teaching, and indie-shoegaze. Mali is an international touring artist with her own projects and as an accompanist.

Her current projects include the shoegaze duo Deerlady, now supporting their latest release “Greatest Hits” (2024); the free-jazz band she leads under her own name, and the Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band. Mali’s film score on the highly anticipated documentary Sugarcane (Nat Geo) directed by Julian Brave Noisecat and Emily Kassie is also featuring at film festivals across the world throughout 2024.

Over the years Mali has been lucky to work with notable musicians including Esperanza Spalding, Taylor Ho Bynum, Peter Apfelbaum, Craig Harris, Bill Cole, Althea Sully-Cole, Susan Hagen, Tomas Fujiwara, Mike Formanek, among others…

Join us for a new take on the traditional Macrame craft of knotting.

Learn a few basic knots and create a mini macrame hanger.

Create beautiful work of art to give as a gift or just keep it  for yourself.

No experience needed. All supplies provided.

Think about all the data on your PC; videos of the grandkids playing in a park, photos of your trip to Patagonia (lucky you!), tax records, emails... Now think about whether those files exist anywhere else. If the answer is no, you need to think about backing them up. You could lose data due to viruses, fire, theft, and computer issues.  

Chris Taylor, President of the Ottawa PC Users' group will discuss various ways you can ensure your important data survives any catastrophe.

Come meet to enjoy and discuss a wide variety of books selected by book club members. All are welcome!

Every second Thursday of the month from 1.30pm to 3.00pm.

Here's what we're reading in 2024/2025:

• March 14: Dead Wake by Eric Larson
• April 11: Warlight by Michael Ondaatje 
• May 9: American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
• June 6: Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Start-Up by John Carreyrou
• July 11: Mansions of the Moon by Shyam Selvadurai
• August 8: Looking for Jane by Heather Marshall
• September 12: On the Ravine by Vincent Lam
• October 10: The Story of Us by Catherine Hernandez
• November 14: Snow by John Banville
• December 12: Three Holidays and a Wedding by Uzma Jalaluddin
• January 9: A Newfoundlander in Canada by Alan Doyle
• February 13: The Drowning Woman by Robin Harding